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Your Windows 10 PC will soon be 'junk' - users told to resist Microsoft deadline::If you're still using Windows 10 and don't want to upgrade to Windows 11 any time soon you might want to sign a new online petition

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[–] M500@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] yhvr@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The first game mentioned was Bille Bust Up. I liked the demo that was off of Steam (and it ran fine using the proton-call command), so I subscribed to the developer's Patreon (which gives a Steam key) and it wouldn't use my dgpu.

The second game was A Hat in Time.

[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

Nvidia laptop by the sounds of it?

Anything with an AMD GPU is going to have a better time (or even just a dedicated Nvidia GPU in a desktop).

[–] M500@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks for sharing. I'm sorry to hear you had trouble. Both games are rated as gold on ProtonDB. So, I am surprised you had trouble with them.

My experience has been the opposite. Everything has worked surprisingly well. Do you by chance use an Nvidia gpu?

[–] yhvr@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Yep, Nvidia gpu. At the time I bought it I wasn't aware of their reputation for Linux support, and I bought my laptop from System76 (with Pop!_OS, because Nvidia drivers are more "just works" on it). I've had a fairly good experience with all of it, but the next computer I buy will definitely have an AMD GPU.

I think this is the first time I've been fully unable to get the dgpu working. Every other time it's just worked or worked with tweaking